# 1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1960–61. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and for the first time played their home games at the recently constructed Grover Center. The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 17–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Louisville in the First Round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1960* | Ohio State | L 64–85 | 0–1 |
| 12/3/1960* | Youngstown State | W 87–74 | 1–1 |
| 12/6/1960* | at Morehead State | W 81–80 | 2–1 |
| 12/10/1960* | at St. Francis (PA) | W 80–72 | 3–1 |
| 12/14/1960 | at Marshall | W 71–53 | 4–1 (1–0) |
| 12/16/1960* | at No. 7 St. John’s | L 50–78 | 4–2 |
| 12/28/1960* | vs. South Dakota Canton Invitational | W 75–56 | 5–2 |
| 12/29/1960* | vs. Wittenberg Canton Invitational | W 50–48 | 6–2 |
| 1/4/1960 | Marshall | W 88–79 | 7–2 (2–0) |
| 1/7/1961 | at Bowling Green | W 62–61 | 8–2 (3–0) |
| 1/10/1961* | DePaul | L 60–69 | 8–3 |
| 1/14/1961 | Western Michigan | W 64–62 | 9-3 (4–0) |
| 1/16/1961 | Toledo | W 55–50 | 10–3 (5–0) |
| 1/21/1961* | Morehead State | W 87–71 | 11–3 |
| 1/28/1961 | at Western Michigan | W 78–76 | 12–3 (6–0) |
| 1/30/1961 | at Kent State | W 89–85 | 13–3 (7–0) |
| 2/4/1961 | at Toledo | L 68–95 | 13–4 (7–1) |
| 2/8/1961* | Miami (OH) | W 91–75 | 14–4 (8–1) |
| 2/11/1961 | Kent State | W 102–92 | 15–4 (9–1) |
| 2/13/1961* | St. Francis (PA) | W 83–60 | 16–4 |
| 2/15/1961* | at Louisville | L 84–117 | 16–5 |
| 2/18/1961 | Bowling Green | W 74–72 | 17–5 (10–1) |
| 2/23/1961 | at Miami | L 79–101 | 17–6 (10–2) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/14/1961* | vs. Louisville | L 70–76 | 17–7 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1960–61 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1792 | 1683 |
| Scoring Average | 74.67 | 70.13 |
| Field goals – Att | 708–1710 | 700–1683 |
| Free throws – Att | 376–593 | 387–558 |
| Rebounds | 1231 | 1143 |
| Assists | | |
| Turnovers | | |
| Steals | | |
| Blocked Shots | | |
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### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Larry Kruger | 24 | - | | | 447 | 18.6 | 184 | 404 | 0.455 | 79 | 105 | 0.752 | 193 | 8.0 | | 55 | | | |
| Bunk Adams | 24 | - | | | 438 | 18.3 | 165 | 444 | 0.372 | 108 | 181 | 0.597 | 308 | 12.8 | | 55 | | | |
| Billy Whaley | 24 | - | | | 331 | 13.8 | 123 | 289 | 0.426 | 85 | 130 | 0.654 | 94 | 3.9 | | 68 | | | |
| Stacy Bunton | 24 | - | | | 195 | 8.1 | 82 | 171 | 0.480 | 31 | 56 | 0.554 | 223 | 9.3 | | 78 | | | |
| Dave Katz | 24 | - | | | 180 | 7.5 | 77 | 185 | 0.416 | 26 | 34 | 0.765 | 61 | 2.5 | | 56 | | | |
| Gary Bolen | 23 | - | | | 68 | 3.0 | 24 | 59 | 0.407 | 20 | 40 | 0.500 | 66 | 2.9 | | 35 | | | |
| Loren Wilcox | 19 | - | | | 66 | 3.5 | 25 | 62 | 0.403 | 16 | 22 | 0.727 | 62 | 3.3 | | 18 | | | |
| Murray Cook | 17 | - | | | 17 | 1.0 | 7 | 23 | 0.304 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 15 | 0.9 | | 8 | | | |
| Mike Schuler | 24 | - | | | 15 | 0.6 | 6 | 36 | 0.167 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 12 | 0.5 | | 10 | | | |
| Jim Koon | 21 | - | | | 14 | 0.7 | 6 | 21 | 0.286 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 8 | 0.4 | | 8 | | | |
| Ralph Ball | 6 | - | | | 8 | 1.3 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 1 | 0.2 | | 1 | | | |
| Bob Rollinson | 6 | - | | | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 8 | 1.3 | | 1 | | | |
| Hugh Dalton | | - | | | 5 | | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 6 | | | 1 | | | |
| Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1792 | 74.7 | 708 | 1710 | 0.414 | 376 | 593 | 0.634 | 1231 | 51.3 | | 394 | | | |
| Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1683 | 70.1 | 700 | 1683 | 0.416 | 387 | 558 | 0.694 | 1143 | 47.6 | | 417 | | | |
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